Civil Plaintiff
Victims of a 2015 Bridge Collapse Receive a $38.5 Million Settlement
A $38.5 million settlement has been reached between the builders of a bridge over the 91 Freeway in Corona and nine workers injured when part of the structure collapsed in 2015.
A Riverside County Superior Court judge signed off on the deal on Wednesday, March 9, said Chris Aitken, the attorney for one of the workers, Buena Park resident James “Chip” Chaffee, who suffered a brain injury.
Chaffee, 56, said he remembers what he was doing five minutes before the accident but not the collapse itself. Chaffee will receive a little more than $5 million, Aitken said.
